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Tinker (Hardcover)

by Wen Spencer (Author)
3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Baen Books (30 Jan 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0743471652
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743471657
  • Product Dimensions: 24.5 x 16.4 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 428,228 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Wonderfully inventive . . . a fun protagonist."

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Tinker, girl genius and inventor, lives in a near-future Pittsburgh which now exists mostly in the land of the elves, where she tries to keep the local ambient level of magic down with gadgets of her own design. When a pack of wargs chase an Elven noble into her scrap yard, her life takes a serious detour.

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23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great fun if you like elves, and I do!, 19 Dec 2003
By M. E. Cooper "Fantasybooks" (England) - See all my reviews
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Wen Spencer (Alien Taste, Tainted Trail, Bitter Waters) is one very imaginative writer. Tinker, his latest book, proves that he is here to stay.

Tinker is young human woman living in Pittsburgh. She runs her own scrap yard for a living, invents and builds her own gadgets, and is incidentally a genius where hyperphase gates are concerned. Her murdered father was the inventor of the Chinese hyperphase gate in orbit of earth. Its activation twenty years ago, resulted in the veil effect which transported Pittsburgh to ElfHome and a huge section of virgin forest to Earth in its place.

One night, Tinker is working in her yard when a pack of magically enhanced dogs called wargs, chase the viceroy (an elf named Windwolf) into her yard determined to kill him. Tinker intervenes and saves his life. As a result, Windwolf owes her a life debt. When he gives her a gift, she doesn't realise that he is proposing marriage. She accepts his gift, and later agrees to a spell that will "prevent her death" (or so he says) without realising that she is agreeing to be turned into an elf!

Tinker is wonderfully inventive. I particularly like the idea of Shutdown when the hyperphase gate is turned off once a month so that Pittsburgh reverts to earth for twenty four hours. Buy this book, and pray for a sequel.

Reviewed by Mark E. Cooper
The Warrior Within

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Surprice, 27 Feb 2005
By Guðbjörg Þ. Gísladóttir (Reykjavik, Iceland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: TINKER (Baen Fantasy) (Mass Market Paperback)
Just to start this off - Wen Spencer's is very good writer and her Ukiah series are a must read for all Sci-Fi fans.

I just did not belive she could do it again..
But she did.

Also She has no problem switching between series As some other author have.

I enjoy'd Tinker - more the 2nd reading than 1st reading and will enjoy 3rd reading too.

That says it all

Very good book - 5 stars and I will keep buying Wen's books.

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8 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Tinker, 9 Feb 2004
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Alexander Graham Bell, or Tinker, lives in Pittsburgh. She was conceived several years after the death of both her biological father and mother have died. Her father, a great inventor, created the phase gate that alternates Pittsburgh's location between Elfehome and USA. Her father was murdered and the blueprints of the phase gate were stolen. Tinker's grandfather has brought both Tinker and her cousin Oilcan to live in Pittsburgh. Tinker is a genius who understands the physics behind the phase gate. When the worlds find out they are out to get her. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book.
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